The Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion (;

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: ''Diocèse de Saint-Denis de La Réunion'') is a

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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or

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of the

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located on the island of

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. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. As such, it is not part of an ecclesiastical province, but is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (with

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and

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). The

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church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint-Denis (

: ''Cathédrale de Saint-Denis de La Réunion'') located in Saint-Denis.

History

* Established 1712 as the

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of Islands of the Indian Ocean, on territory split off from the Diocese of Malacca (in

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) * On 8 May 1807, it lost Asian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, now the Archdiocese of Jakarta. * In 1818, it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon, after the island's then colonial name. * On 10 January 1830, it lost Oceanian territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands (New Zealand). * In 1841, it lost Indian Ocean territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Madagascar. * In 1850, it was promoted and renamed the Diocese of Saint-Denis de La Réunion. * On 26 February 1860, it lost East African territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar, now the Diocese of Zanzibar).

Ordinaries

;''Apostolic Prefect of Bourbon'' * Gabriel-Henri-Jérôme de Solages (1829 – 1832.12.08), later first Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction South Seas Islands (New Zealand) (1830 – 1832.12.08) ;''Exempt Bishops of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion'' *

Florian Desprez Julien Florian Félix Desprez, who used the name Florian Desprez (14 April 1807 – 21 January 1895) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church, who became a bishop in 1850, first in Réunion from 1850 to 1857 and then in Limoges until 1859. He s ...

(1850.06.22 – 1857.03.19), later Bishop of

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(France) ( 857.02.041857.03.19 – 1859.09.26), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(France) ( 859.07.301859.09.26 – death 1895.01.21), created

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(1879.09.22 – 1895.01.21) * Armand-René Maupoint (1857.02.14 – 1871.07.10), later Apostolic Prefect of daughter jurisdiction Zanguebar (Zanzibar island, now in Tanzania) (1862 – death 1871.07.10) * Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy (1872.02.10 – 1876.12.18), later Bishop of Aire et Dax (France) ( 876.10.101876.12.18 – death 1905.08.07) * Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé (1876.10.10 – 1880.11.30), later

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of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre diocese (Guadeloupe) (1892.11.21 – 1898), emeritate as

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(1893.03.21 – 1919.04.21) * Joseph Coldefy (1881.02.17 – death 1887.01.18) * Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet (1887.10.12 – 1893.01.19), later Bishop of

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(Picardy, France) ( 892.11.261893.01.19 – 1899.12.07), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Normandy, France) (1899.12.07 – death 1915.12.20) * Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre (1892.11.26 – death 1919.12.26) * Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. (1919.12.26 - death 1934.07.23) * François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant,

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(C.S.Sp.) (1934.12.10 – 1960.10.21), later Titular Bishop of

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(1960.10.21 – 1971.07.21) * Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1960.11.07 – retired 1975.02.19), previously Titular Bishop of Dices (1949.12.15 – 1960.11.07) &

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(Senegal) (1949.12.15 – 1960.11.07) * Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (since 1975.11.20 – retired 2023.07.19), also President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (1989–1996),

of neighbouring Indian Ocean diocese Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1994 – 1995.03.03), President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2002–2006) * Pascal David Youri Chane-Teng (since 2023.07.19 - )

Coadjutor Bishop

* Georges-Marie de Labonninière de Beaumont, C.S.Sp. (1917–1919)

Churches

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